Gov. Bruce Rauner on Thursday continued his chilly reception of the medical marijuana program he inherited, vetoing a measure that would have allowed patients with post-traumatic stress disorder to qualify for medical marijuana as his administration revealed it would not expand the trial program to include 11 new ailments.

In his veto message, the Republican governor said the medical marijuana test program is still in its early stages and it would be premature to expand the scope “before we have had the chance to evaluate it.”

While the program launched in 2014 under then-Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, numerous delays mean cultivation centers are just now growing crops and the first dispensary was licensed in August. Patients are not expected to have access to medical marijuana until late this year or early next year.

“No patients have yet been served, and, consequently, the state has not had the opportunity to evaluate the benefits and costs of the pilot program or determine areas for improvement or even whether to extend the program beyond its pilot period,” Rauner wrote to lawmakers. [Read more at the Chicago Tribune]